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Paymentus Holdings (Paymentus Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -2.86 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score?

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.86 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PAY' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.86   Med: -2.25   Max: -1.36
Current: -2.86

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Paymentus Holdings was -1.36. The lowest was -2.86. And the median was -2.25.


Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

Paymentus Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - -1.83 -2.20 -2.83

Paymentus Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.30 -2.42 -2.55 -2.83 -2.86

Competitive Comparison of Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Paymentus Holdings for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.8707+0.528 * 0.9784+0.404 * 0.9138+0.892 * 1.2316+0.115 * 0.9164
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8679+4.679 * -0.090327-0.327 * 1.0496
=-2.86

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $84.2 Mil.
Revenue was 184.875 + 164.8 + 152.423 + 148.939 = $651.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 52.725 + 49.492 + 46.91 + 45.862 = $195.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $279.6 Mil.
Total Assets was $514.0 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $11.1 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $31.9 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $122.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $62.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.1 Mil.
Net Income was 7.226 + 9.402 + 6.377 + 5.839 = $28.8 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.231 + 0.044 + -0.017 + -0.007 = $0.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 10.954 + 24.441 + 13.143 + 26.481 = $75.0 Mil.
Total Receivables was $78.5 Mil.
Revenue was 148.328 + 132.176 + 128.152 + 119.969 = $528.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 40.078 + 41.139 + 37.857 + 35.828 = $154.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $232.6 Mil.
Total Assets was $466.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $12.1 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $25.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $115.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $51.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9.7 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(84.198 / 651.037) / (78.522 / 528.625)
=0.129329 / 0.14854
=0.8707

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(154.902 / 528.625) / (194.989 / 651.037)
=0.293028 / 0.299505
=0.9784

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (279.643 + 11.052) / 513.975) / (1 - (232.627 + 12.121) / 466.542)
=0.434418 / 0.4754
=0.9138

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=651.037 / 528.625
=1.2316

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(25.828 / (25.828 + 12.121)) / (31.898 / (31.898 + 11.052))
=0.680598 / 0.742678
=0.9164

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(122.923 / 651.037) / (115.008 / 528.625)
=0.188811 / 0.217561
=0.8679

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((8.054 + 62.626) / 513.975) / ((9.713 + 51.411) / 466.542)
=0.137516 / 0.131015
=1.0496

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(28.844 - 0.251 - 75.019) / 513.975
=-0.090327

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Paymentus Holdings has a M-score of -2.86 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Paymentus Holdings (Paymentus Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11605 N. Community House Road, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28277
Paymentus Holdings Inc provides electronic bill presentment and payment services, enterprise customer communication and self-service revenue management to billers and financial institutions through a Software-as-a-Service, (SaaS), secure, omni-channel technology platform. The platform integrates into a biller's core financial and operating systems to provide flexible and secure access to payment processing of credit cards, debit cards, eChecks and digital wallets across a number of channels including online, mobile, IVR, call center, chatbot and voice-based assistants. The Company generates revenue from payment transaction fees processed through the Company's platform. The fees are generated as a percentage of transaction value or a specified fee per transaction.
Executives
Andrew A. Gerber officer: General Counsel and Secretary 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Gerasimos (jerry) Portocalis officer: Chief Commercial Officer 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Arun Oberoi director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Sanjay Kalra officer: SVP and CFO HARMONIC INC., 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Paul E. Seamon officer: Interim CFO 18390 NE 68TH ST, REDMOND WA 98052
Matt Parson officer: Chief Financial Officer 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Gary Trainor director 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Jody R Davids director C/O PREMIER INC., 13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Dushyant Sharma director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
William Ingram director C/O LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 5887 COPLEY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92111
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Ii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Ii Strategic Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
John C Morrow officer: General Counsel and Secretary 11100 NE 8TH ST #600, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Iii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Accel-kkr Capital Partners Cv Iii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025